The Mozambique long-fingered bat (''Miniopterus mossambicus'') is a species of bat within the family Miniopteridae. Its distribution is in Africa within countries such as Kenya, Namibia, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, and other countries in

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at elevations of 420 to 1800 meters. It is

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and uses uses caves and mines during the day as roosts. The holotype was collected in a mist net that was placed over a swimming pool at the Bamboo Inn, on the outskirts of Nampula, at an altitude of 420 meters. A paratype was also caught shortly afterwards in the same mist net settup. The species name ''mossambicus'' stands for the country the

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series was collected in, Mozambique.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16578694 Mammals described in 2013 Mammals of East Africa Miniopteridae Mammals of Mozambique